Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-11-15
TELEGRAPHC SUMMARY,
An Epitsns Of the Principal Events Now
Attracting Public Interest

and sank with her crew OF five per-
sons.
Henry Arkers shot and killed Mayor
Finch, of Maxwell, Iowa, and then
killed himself. No particular cause IL
assigned.
The schooner w. B. Taylor, grain
laden, from Chicago to Kingston, !.
now known to have been lost with all
on board.
On September 10Th the Chinese
transport Waylee was lost in the res
cadores, and $50 Chinese and five Eu-
ropeans we're drowned.
A battery of six boilers in the Law
renee Iron Works, at Trenton, N. D.,
exploded, killing four men and wound
ing twelve persons. Portions OF the
boiler were blown half mile away.
Advices from Mexico state that
locust cloud, three miles long and
mile and half wide, passed recently
through the State of Chiapa, NOW
ing q wide swath as it went. When
last seen it was moving rapidly in the
direction of San Bartholomew.
A Mexican Central locomotive ex-
ploded twenty miles north of Jiminez
The cause OF the accident is unknown.
Just previous the engine seemed IN
perfect order. Engineer Harry Shep-
ard was blown sixty feet into the air,
and fell back to the side of the track
badly scalded.
A telegraph pole laid across the
Rock Island railroad, between Minoka
and Morris, Illinois, wrecked freight
train No. l6. Engineer John Mills
and fireman Orf were instantly killed,
and the head brakeman was fatally in
iured. The miscreants doubtless meant
to wreck the Kansas City express.
The passenger was fifteen minutes late,
and the freight pulled out ahead, 10
run to Ninoka, striking the obstruction
with the result as stated. There is
great excitement over the matter.
II has been discovered that ferry
man on the lower Danube, near vi
emma, who has been IN the habit OF
conveying across the river workmen
returning from Roumania, who took
this route to avoid producing certif-
Gates that they paid taxes in Rou
mania, or money in default thereof,
has taken them to small island where
he murdered and robbed them of their
savings. A judicial inquiry reveals
the astounding fact that hundreds OF
workmen have been dispatched by the
fiend, and their bodies buried or thrown
into reeds along the river bank.
PITTsBURG, Pa.-The first serious
natural gas explosion in this city in
two years occurred in the Hotel Able
marie. The gas emanated from a
leaky main, where workmen had been
changing pipes. There were three
terrific explosions simultaneously in
the cellars of d. T.. Reed, the Hotel
Albemarle and the Bijou theater block
Fire, which started, was soon gotten
under control. An investigation
shows that fifteen persons in all were
injured, five of them, it is believed
fatally. Others were only slightly
burned, and bruised or cut. The pc
cuniary damage by the explosion will
reach $4,000. The fatally injured are
employees Of the gas company, who
were making repairs.
Seven Mexican convicts attempted
to escape from the territorial prison at
Yuma, A. T. While the prisoners
waited inside the main gate, previous
to commencing outside work, Super
intendent Thomas Gates passed within
the walls. When about thirty feet
inside Librado Pueblo threw an arm
about him, at the same time drawing
a knife. e. Bustamente at the same
time grasped the superintendent, while
other convicts silenced the gate-tendel
by threats. They then marched him
out towards the river. The superin.
tendenthung back, struggling violently
and calling to the guards to shoot
while endeavoring to bring the con
victs in line with the guards fire
During the melee four Mexicans were
killed and several badly hurt.
James e. Hamilton, mail carrier be-
9NCSl tilC llldIL ialiu ftild lIhht w OTbtl
on the south Atlantic coast, was de-
voured by sharks while crossing Hills
boro inlet. Hamilton's route was
seventy five miles long, and he usually
walked most of the distance on the
beach, These inlets are dangerous
because Of cross currents and large
and vicious sharks that abound there.
While crossing the inlet these sea
wolves attacked him, tore the oars out
of his hands, bit huge pieces out of the
boats gunwale. and finally he was
thrown into their midst. A horror,
stricken eyewitness at distance told
the story. The searching party found
nothing but fragments OF the boat No
other residents there will volunteer to
carry the mail as yet, as the tragedy
was such a horrible one.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.-An attempt
TO burn thirty Italians asleep in a
building in tine township of Paris
Kent county, was frustrated by The
timely warning of one who awoke and
found the building in flames. The
building was one used by an Italian,
Santa Garfalo, who was keeping a sort
of store with rooms above for lodging
Italians at work on the railway south
of the city. There have been hard
feelings existing between this crew
and crew of fourteen at work near
by, and who lived in the city. An un.
known man crept into vacant room
and set fire to the house, and then
Joined a party on the outside who